Nose-guard for eyeglasses.



No. 830,120. PATENTED SEPT. 4, 1906. A. M. WARD.

NOSE GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

' APPLICATION FILED DEG. so, 1904.

witnesses: I M Ztnuvutup g3 gitumzg THE NORRIS PETERS co., WASHINGTON.n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

NOSE-GUARD FOR EYEGLASSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept.4, 1906.

Application filed Deoember 30,1904. Serial No. 239,011.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT M. WARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Nose-Guards for Eyeglasses, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has reference to a nose-guard for eyeglasses, having forits aim an adjustable nose-guard of superior efliciency and utility; andit consists of the structure hereinafter described and claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view infront elevation. Fig. 2 is a view in section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a detail view of the blank from which the body .of the guardis formed. Fig. 4 is a view from the reverse side of theguard from thatshown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail view of the guard in perspective.Fig. 6 is a detail view showing the guard attached to a rimlesseyeglass. Fig. 7 shows a modification in the construction of the brancharms.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a guard that may be freely andreadily adjusted in order to conform to the shape of the nose.

In the drawings, 0. represents eye-wires, or the wires about the lensesy, and 1) represents any customary attaching-post upon which a guard ismounted, while 0 represents the spring connecting the posts. Whererimless lenses are employed, the attaching-posts are commonly formedwith straps k.

The nose-guards within the scope of my invention are formed with ametallic body consisting, essentially, of a perforated shank d, to besecured upon the attaching-post, an integral curved arm e projectingfrom one side of the shank d and provided with branch arms f, upon theouter extremities of which may be mounted suitable bearing-surfaces g.Integral with the shank (Z is also a brace-arm h, preferably recessed onits free extremity, as indicated at 'L, to rest astride the adjacenteye-wire or the strap of the attaching-post, as the case may be. Thebody of the guard, comprising the shank d, the curved carryingarm 6,with its branch arms f and brace-arm is constructed from a single ieceof suitable sheet metal, the blank struc from the sheet metal beingindicated in Fig. 3. After the blank is formed the curved arm 6 is givena further bend to bring the extremity of the arm closer to the shank, asindicated more particularly in Figs. 2, 4, and 5, the curved arm in thecompleted guard being curved approximately of a spiral form or of a formapproaching a spiral, the adjacent portion of the curved arm beingcaused to overlap the free end of the brace-arm h. The brace-arm h isalso bent outward or away from the curved arm a.

I do not limit myself to the employment of eye-wires, as my invention isequally applicable to rimless glasses, in which case the recessedextremity of each brace-arm 'would rest upon the strap of theattaching-post, as shown in Fig. 6. The free extremity of the brancharms f may be made of disk form and perforated to receive properindependent bearingsurfaces g, or they may be made cup-shaped, as shownin Fig. 7, independent bearing-surfaces being dispensed with; It will beevident that with a guard so constructed the bearing-surfaces of theguard may be changed at different angles and into different positions bysimply changing the position of the curved arm 6. All thebearing-surfaces can be altered to conform to the shape of the nose bysimply altering the position of the curved carrying-arm e and withoutchanging the position of the branch arms relative to the curved arm onwhich they are supported, such a construction rendering it much moreconvenient to change the bearing-surfaces of the guard, inasmuch as allthe bearing-surfaces can be changed simultaneously by simply changingthe arm 6, as all the bearing-surfaces may thus swing together when thearm 6 is bent toward or from the nose, while at the same time, ifdesired, each branch arm can be adjusted independently should there benecessity for so doing.

The object of the brace-arm is to prevent lateral play or movement ofthe guard, and thereby prevent the attaching-screw, which unites theshank of the guard to the attaching-post, from working loose.

I would have it understood that the branch arms may either be providedwith integral or with attached bearing-surfaces.

It will be evident that the bearing-surfaces of the guard extend back ofthe inner plane of the lenses, while they are at the same timeadjustable to conform to the nose of the wearer, thereby constituting anadjustable offset guard.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. A nose-guard for eyeglassesconstructed of an integral piece of metal comprising a Verticalattaching-shank, a brace-arm projecting laterally from theattaching-shank toward the adjacent eyeglass, a carryingarm projectingdownward and inward from the attaching-shank on a curved outline, andbranch arms supported upon and projecting from one edge of thecarrying-arm, each of said branch arms provided with a bearingsurface.

2. A nose-guard for eyeglasses constructed of an integral piece of metalcomprising a. vertical attaching-shank, a brace-arm projecting laterallyfrom the attaching-shank toward the adjacent eyeglass, a curvedcarrying-arm projecting inward from the attaching-shank, and pluralbranch arms supported upon the carrying-arm and provided withbearing-surfaces, the bearing-surfaces being simultaneously adjusted byadjusting the position of the carrying-arm.

3. A nose-guard for eyeglasses constructed of an integral piece of metalcomprising a vertical attaching-shank, a brace-arm projecting laterallyfrom the attaching-shank toward the adjacent eyeglass, a carrying-armcurved inward and upward, and branch arms supported upon thecarrying-arm provided with bearing-surfaces.

4. A nose-guard for eyeglasses constructed of an integral piece of metalcomprising a vertical attaching-shank, a brace-arm projecting laterallyfrom the attaching-shank toward the adjacent eyeglass, a carryingarm,plural branch arms projecting from the carrying-arm, the branch armsbeing independently adjustable, and simultaneously adjustable by theadjustment of the carry ing-arm.

5. A nose-guard for eyeglasses comprising an attaching-shank, abrace-arm projecting outwardly from the attaching-shank, a carrying-armprojecting inwardly from the attaching-shank intermediate the free endof the brace-arm and the opposite end of theattaching-shank and upon acurved outline, and branch arms supported upon the carrying-arm.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT M. WARD.

Witnesses N. S. WRIGHT, M. L. SIMMONS.

